Matthew 26:61
“And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.”
Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,
And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
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“Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;”
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“But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest.”